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COMPUTER BASICS - Components

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What are the fundamental components of a computer system? Why are they important? What range of choices do you have between them? This exercise is intended to help you to answer those questions.

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COMPUTER AD EXERCISE

It's time to Buy a Computer!

You need/want a new computer for school work. You've got to convince your parents it's a good idea, and show them that you've shopped carefully for the best deal. Trouble is, you need to understand what a good deal IS.
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This is just an example - you can find your OWN "best deal"


  • Create a new document called "Computer Purchase"
    • Format it so that it will print in LANDSCAPE
    • Insert a table with 4 columns and 9 rows
    • Create a LABEL at the top of each column for
      • Feature (As listed in the advertisement)
      • Component (What are they talking about)
      • Explaination and Alternatives
      • Metric and comments - (How it's rated - How it's ability or capacity is measured)
    • In the COMPONENT column, put a label in each row for each of these common computer components:
      • CPU, RAM, Display, Hard Drive, Operating System, Peripherals, Optical Drives, Other?
  • The document should look something like this:
    ComputerAd_Template01.png
  • Visit an online computer store
    • (FutureShop.ca, BestBuy.ca, Staples.ca, NCIX.ca, TigerDirect.ca - somewhere you can buy things from Ottawa)
    • You are being given $1000 VIRTUAL** dollars to buy the BEST computer that you can (including tax). Locate what you think is the BEST computer deal you can get for that money - ($1000 / 1.13 = $885 maximum price BEFORE tax)
  • Recreate the important FEATURES of the advertisement in the appropriate column of your document
    • You can also include appropriate graphics below your table - (DOWNLOAD a graphic from a webpage by RIGHT MOUSECLICKING it)
  • DEFINE THE TERMS
    • Use your best research skills to try to complete the other columns in the chart - be complete and clear, as though you were explaining this computer to someone else. Here's an example of CPU for the advertisement above:
      ComputerAd_Template02.png


HINT: A Google Search on "learn computer components" gives us a few good additional resources:
* A review of INPUT and OUTPUT devices is featured at http://education.kaboose.com/tutoring/comp_les1.html